Grants Management/ Administrative Specialist

Marshall University•Huntington, WV

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The West Virginia-IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (WV- INBRE ) invites applications for a Grants Administrator. Salary will be commensurate with relevant skills and experience and funded through a grant from National Institutes of Health. This role involves managing the grant budget, supporting the statewide research program, providing daily support to faculty and students in summer research programs, and serving as a network administrator with regular contact across state universities and colleges. The position also includes participating in employee training, applying knowledge of state and federal regulations for grant administration, analyzing and resolving compliance issues, and performing other grant-related responsibilities such as purchasing, processing travel requests, invoicing, and coordinating meetings and the summer research program.

Requirements

Relevant skills and experience
Knowledge of state and federal regulations, agency policy and other requirements that affect grant program administration
Ability to analyze and evaluate methods to identify and resolve grant administration and compliance issues
Purchasing
Processing travel requests
Invoicing
Assisting with organization of committee meetings
Coordinating with the Summer Research Director on the implementation of our summer research program and symposium

Nice To Haves

IT skills
Financial processes
Grant administration
Research administration practices

Responsibilities

Management of the WV- INBRE grant budget
Working with the leadership team to support WV-INBRE’s statewide, multi-institutional research program
Provision of daily support, guidance, and assistance to faculty and students involved in WV- INBRE activities in the summer research programs
Serving as a WV- INBRE network administrator which involves regular contact with faculty and staff at universities and colleges throughout the state
Participating in periodic employee training provided through Marshall University and the Marshall University Research Corporation (this includes IT skills, financial processes, grant administration and research administration practices)
Applying knowledge of state and federal regulations, agency policy and other requirements that affect grant program administration
Analyzing and evaluating methods to identify and resolve grant administration and compliance issues
Performing other grant related responsibilities which include, but are not limited to purchasing, processing travel requests, invoicing, assisting with organization of committee meetings and coordinating with the Summer Research Director on the implementation of our summer research program and symposium